Re: BRICK Reviews

by Bluebagthepirate 24.07.24 14:28

Shash T wrote:The next email no one shows up for months. No rush, no panic!

But people were turning up and checking - and the Nuggets were some of them.

Word will get out in PDL about the Nuggets if it hasn't already.

I wonder if St Vincent's has a chat site?

by Cake Lover 24.07.24 14:58

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by Cake Lover 24.07.24 14:58

My home made missing person detector.

by pinkgladioli 24.07.24 15:00

Shash T wrote:The people that show up on the camera don't do anything but "look", except for Mrs N, who does something in the dirt. I think this could be where a beloved dog was buried.

After the first cryptic email where it says they have a week, no one shows up for 3 weeks! No rush, no panic, and they just look.

The next email no one shows up for months. No rush, no panic!

Maybe the nuggets weren’t in Portugal in the 3 weeks time frame, anyway I think Bernt’s got a lot more info up his sleeve than what has been written in his book, he will deffo have held back potentially other incriminating stuff or info
As much as we all want it to end and desperate for any updates we just have to be patient

by pinkgladioli 24.07.24 15:08

Bluebagthepirate wrote:
Shash T wrote:The next email no one shows up for months. No rush, no panic!
But people were turning up and checking - and the Nuggets were some of them.

Word will get out in PDL about the Nuggets if it hasn't already.

I wonder if St Vincent's has a chat site?

Especially if they happen to attend the same dance class!

by deepeepee 24.07.24 17:30

Cake Lover wrote:My home made missing person detector.

Unfortunately, I think that colour of bog plunger is not going to work properly. It has to be an orange rubber or the DNA gets disturbed and sent somewhere else. big grin

by Cake Lover 24.07.24 19:18

Is that why I didn't get a result? Damn - I went to a lot of trouble designing and building that machine. laugh

by Silentscope 24.07.24 19:44

@CaKeLoveR#Post 62
Are you now in breach of Copyright Law?
laugh

by Bluebagthepirate 24.07.24 19:45

Did you use anything quantum? You need a quantum (try B&Q). You have some entangled hair I see which is excellent.

by Cake Lover 24.07.24 21:21

deepeepee wrote:
Cake Lover wrote:My home made missing person detector.
Unfortunately, I think that colour of bog plunger is not going to work properly. It has to be an orange rubber or the DNA gets disturbed and sent somewhere else.

My neighbour, a Sikh man, was singing Men of Harlech as he raised the Welsh flag in his garden this afternoon, so that's where my missing DNA went, so you're correct about the orange bog plunger. I had two ounces of quantum but it was blunt. Silly mistakes - thanks for pointing them out. Should I tell old Hardeep what I've done?

by **PeterMac** 31.07.24 9:39

In chapter 61 I wrote

“WHERE DOES THIS LEAVE THE NUGGETS ?

Potentially in a very seriously compromised situation. Even assuming that as church-going and legally upright and decent professional people who either were lied to, or at best not told the whole truth when asked to do what appeared to be a simple if strange and obscure task by some acquaintances, they must by now realise that they have been ’set up’, and that their involvement is capable of being seen in the eyes of the law as conspiracy, or “accessory after the fact.”

If, with that knowledge, they remain silent, they could also fall into the definition of Assisting Offender S. 4(1) Criminal Law Act 1967 refers, as Mr Nugget, a lawyer, will be well aware”

I have reflected on that for another day or so.

Bernt Stellander reports the Mr Nugget is an English Lawyer – which gives us the choice of Solicitor - whose disciplinary authority is the Law Society, or Barrister – whose authority is the Bar Council

As divisions of the second great profession they have almost identical Codes of Conduct, which apply to all members, and they apply whether the members are practising as lawyers, or are using their Professional status to persuade people of their probity and overall trustworthiness to be, for example on the Board of a company, on the County Council, as an MP, or any such similar occupation.

The Law Society Code reads
Under Section 1: Maintaining trust and acting fairly
1.4 You do not mislead or attempt to mislead […] others, either by your own acts or omissions or allowing or being complicit in the acts or omissions of others […]

The Bar Council Code reads
Under Rule C8
rC8 You must not do anything which could reasonably be seen by the public to undermine your honesty, integrity (CD3) and independence (CD4).

The Codes obviously mention and are aimed at dealings with Clients but are still wide enough to include ‘restrictions’ and clear statements about how the profession wishes its members to behave.

Bernt Stellander reports that Mrs Nugget is a regular Church goer, which implies a devout follower of and believer in the Christian Faith of whichever sect or nomination.

I am told on good authority that the New Testament is full of instructions and exhortations about how Christians should conduct themselves and live their lives even in the most extreme of circumstances and even when feeling themselves to be in personal danger.

I will not presume to repeat those words here. Those who know, know.

IF THEN what Bernt Stellander observed and reported, and his interpretation of those events is correct, which given the temporal nexus with other things he reports seems more likely than pure coincidence and Occams Razor would allow, the Nuggets may be in an invidious position, BUT THROUGH NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN, except to have offered friendship and Charitable assistance in good faith to those who asked for and said they needed it.

REFS:
https://www.sra.org.uk/solicitors/standards-regulations/code-conduct-solicitors/
https://www.barstandardsboard.org.uk/the-bsb-handbook.
https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/

by Cake Lover 31.07.24 10:44

This lawyer, who would be aware of the Bar Council Code, was stupid to agree to a 'simple, if strange and obscure task', surely. He should have a very suspicious mind, given his profession.

by pinkgladioli 31.07.24 15:28

Yes I find it all little strange! Why would you not be even slightly suspicious, surely your inner gut feelings would kick in

by Cake Lover 31.07.24 16:12

Yes, I would expect him to have a an instinct that he was getting involved in something shady.

by **PeterMac** 07.08.24 8:36

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Hurdles are being put in the way, as we might imagine

by **PeterMac** 07.08.24 8:46

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by deepeepee 07.08.24 9:11

seems OK to buy from Amazon France and Amazon UK
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by Cake Lover 07.08.24 9:31

Do the hurdles include wanting The Brick banned, or suing Amazon?

by **PeterMac** 07.08.24 9:51

"Unspecified" at the moment, but hard work.
The Kindle one seems OK too

by Bird131 07.08.24 10:07

For most the truth is welcomed, for others ... the TRUTH hurts.

by **Jill Havern** 07.08.24 10:28

Brilliant! I've just bought it.

Now I can carefully reconstruct my copy of the Brick back to its former glory and put it on the bookshelf thumbsup

by Keelafreeze 07.08.24 14:20

Thanks for the heads up!
Could only get the kindle edition, but that may be easier to read and involve less visits to the sprain clinic

by **Jill Havern** 07.08.24 14:26

Plus, it'll be easier to copy and paste excerpts for discussion.

Hopefully Paulo will buy himself a copy so he can stop sending me stroppy, sweary emails.

Maybe the paperback was a bit too expensive for him and he needed his pocket money for crayons...but the kindle version should be a bit more affordable for him.

empathy

by nomendelta 07.08.24 14:31

Fantastic! I bought it as soon as I saw this post. Can’t wait to get my teeth in.

by Keelafreeze 07.08.24 14:36

I’m on nightshift later, but once everything is quiet I shall put on my snorkel and flippers then dive right in.

by **sharonl** 07.08.24 21:18

I am finding this book very entertaining, even without the McCann bits. big grin

Reading about his adventure alone is brilliant.

Fantastic book, can't put it down.

by Farcical 08.08.24 22:30

Sorry to be a pest, can anybody possibly link to a source where I can purchase this book in the UK. Struggling to find one, I don't do audiobooks or kindle.